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Biblical
references in Gahanna-Jefferson Church of Christ's nondenominational sermon
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Introduction:
1. We would rather run with winners than with losers (I Corinthians 9:24-27).
2. The Christian life is like a race.
A. We must learn, practice, run, endure, finish. (Hebrews 12:1-2)
3. Paul wanted the Christians at Corinth to successfully continue & finish the
Christian race.
A. The Corinthians possessed some false notions.
1. They had inalienable right.
2. They were invulnerable.
3. They had superior intelligence.
4. Paul used Israel's history to teach some valuable lessons.
Body:
A. "All our fathers were under the cloud"
B. "All passed through the sea"
C. "All were baptized into Moses in the cloud & in the sea (analogy).
1. They were baptized into Moses; we are baptized into Christ (Galatians 3:26-27).
a. Deliverer; leader; lawgiver; mediator.
2. They were baptized in the cloud & the sea; we are baptized in water (Acts
8:35-38).
3. Their baptism marked the end of servitude to Egypt & the beginning of freedom
in Moses; our baptism marks the end of our servitude to sin & the beginning of
our freedom in Christ (Romans 6:3-4;
Acts 2:38;
22:16).
4. Their baptism delivered them from the Kingdom of Egypt; our baptism delivers
us from the kingdom of darkness (Colossians 1:13).
5. Baptism stood between Israel & salvation; baptism stands between sinners &
salvation (I Peter 3:21).
6. Their baptism was an act of faith; our baptism is an act of faith (Matthew
16:16).
D. "All ate the same spiritual food"
1. Manna – the true manna, Christ & His word (John 6:51; 63).
E. "All drank the same spiritual rock"
2. Christ was the source of all spiritual blessings. (Ephesians 1:3)
A. "But with MOST of them God was not well pleased"
1. Their bodies were scattered in the wilderness
Numbers 13 - 10 spies.
3. They committed sexual immorality (Numbers 25:1-6 – Midianite women, 24,000 died).
(Galatians 5:19-21)
A. Remember the object lesson.
B. Remember the warning.
A. There is a way of escape.
1. All temptations are common to man.
2. God is faithful.
3. God provides a way of escape.
Conclusion:
1. We can enter; we can run; we can win the Christian race.
2. But we can do it only with God's help!
3. Are you in the race?
-- Don Treadway,
May
2003 -- |
